In the hard-fought campaign of 1968 a candidate who never appeared on any primary ballot won the nomination. [[Vice President]] [[Hubert Humphrey]] was nominated in backroom deals that included keeping [[African American]]s out of the process. Sen. [[Eugene McCarthy]] campaigned hard on behalf of the Anti-Vietnam War movement, and after defeating [[incumbent]] [[President Lyndon Johnson]] in early primaries, forced President Johnson out of the race. [[Bobby Kennedy]], who illegally wiretapped [[Dr. Martin Luther King]], was assassinated in June 1968. At the momentous convention riot in July, President Johnson pulled enough strings to get his boy, Hubert Humphrey nominated by state delegations chosen in closed caucuses that excluded Blacks. | In the hard-fought campaign of 1968 a candidate who never appeared on any primary ballot won the nomination. [[Vice President]] [[Hubert Humphrey]] was nominated in backroom deals that included keeping [[African American]]s out of the process. Sen. [[Eugene McCarthy]] campaigned hard on behalf of the Anti-Vietnam War movement, and after defeating [[incumbent]] [[President Lyndon Johnson]] in early primaries, forced President Johnson out of the race. [[Bobby Kennedy]], who illegally wiretapped [[Dr. Martin Luther King]], was assassinated in June 1968. At the momentous convention riot in July, President Johnson pulled enough strings to get his boy, Hubert Humphrey nominated by state delegations chosen in closed caucuses that excluded Blacks. |